By Cate Nelson •
February 10, 2009
Salma Hayek went to Africa for a Unicef trip. Alright, so I’m not pleased that the trip was sponsored by Proctor & Gamble, animal tester and phthalate distributor extraordinaire. Or that now Hayek is touring the talk shows, telling mamas to buy landfill diapers from Pampers, because then P & G will donate money for tetanus vaccinations in Africa.
But I love that she cross-nursed a baby to take a stand for breastfeeding.
My baby would be very proud to share her milk.
One billion people without access to clean water. Four thousand child deaths a day because of water-borne diseases. Most of us hear those statistics and shake our heads. Greg Allgood took action.
Allgood (a fitting name if ever there was one), a public-health specialist at Cincinnati-based Proctor & Gamble, led a team that developed what can only be described as a miracle powder: an inexpensive concoction that, with a little stirring and time, causes impurities in water to coagulate and settle to the bottom. Not just “regular” impurities like particles of dirt or even bacteria, but parasites like cryptosporidium and giardia, which can cause severe — sometimes fatal — intestinal illnesses.
